Mothers of the Moon, the Night, and the Winds
Shanwaser has a complicated relationship with Wolkengot, compounded by her unrecognized sister Nacthlied. The legends of the relationship can be traced all the back to Creation.
Jealousy filled Shanwaser for Wolkengot during the creation of the races. Wolkengot was chosen by her brother and other gods to breath the wind life into their children. Shanwaser already knew her role would be to care and act as a mother to her brothers children, why not give her the blessing of life as well to her, to this she expressed her sadness to her sister.
The jealousy soon turned to anger when she learned that Wolkengot had tricked all the Creator gods and took portions of each of their creations for herself. Determined to set out and retrieve the portions that belonged to her brother. She convinced her sister to cast the night over the land and hide their actions from their brother Adolar, by empower the night sky to linger longer in the day. Under the cover of night, she traveled for fourteen days. On the fourteenth day, she found Wolkengot. Still filled with emotion she stared down at Wolkengot as the other goddess worked diligently. Shanwaser secretly watched Wolkengot take each of the portions she stole and molded them together. Laying before Wolkengot was the first two of her kind, and Wolkengot breathed life into them. In that instant, Wolkengot became a mother under the full view of Shanwaser. The joy of watching the birth filled Shanwaser, and all the anger and jealousy left her as she sighed in joy. Her breath rushed out of her pushing back the waters of the ocean and blowing away the cloud cover Wolkengot had been hiding under. Alarmed Wolkengot transformed her children to resemble humans until she saw it was Shanwasser, the Mother of Humans that found her. Staring up at Shanwaser in all her fullness, Wolkengot waved of her hand again, and the one of the humans became an elf of the forest and the other a dwarf of the mountains and together they ran off into the woods. Ready for battle Wolkengot turned to Shanwaser and pulled the clouds back for cover expecting an immediate attack.
Shanwaser. Wolkengot lulled into a false sense of security with the evening she had spent with Shanwaser was unprepared not under the cover of clouds was attacked by Nacthlied. A battle raged over the mountains and land beneath the gods, as Nacthlied and her steward the ancient obsidian dragon, Bardaakvold attempted to destroy Wolkengot and her creations. Bardakvold clawed and the land and spewed molten rock and fire scarring the land forever. Nacthlied assuming Shanwaser would join her in the destruction of the thieving goddess moved in to take all of Wolkengot's power and remove her from this world, Shanwaser intervened and stop Nacthlied. Feelings of betrayal swept over Nacthlied and she unleashed her powers on her sister in anger. The three goddesses battled until Nacthlied was grievously wounded, seeing her inevitable defeat Nacthlied summoned Bardakvold to her, snatched the remaining clay of creation, and with her sword cut in-between the planes and retreated from the battle.
Wolkengot her eyes filled with sorrow and embraced her. Their she made a promise that as long as she has powers and the moons hang in the sky Shanwaser would defend Wolkengot and her children. The next 12 dayscontemplatedTuathians teach that this relationship was told by the moon against the night sky. The moons told the story of Shanwaser’s journey to find Wolkengot through its moon cycles; from the new moon and waxing where Shanwaser started and began her journey, to the full moon of finding Wolkengot, Then to the waning of the moon as she traveled home.
It is also told of the night the tides began raising and falling under the moon and her cycles as Shanwaser breathed out in acceptance of the creations.
As bad omens, the Tuathians believed that the first Blood Moon was created by battle of the three goddesses.
Jealousy filled Shanwaser for Wolkengot during the creation of the races. Wolkengot was chosen by her brother and other gods to breath the wind life into their children. Shanwaser already knew her role would be to care and act as a mother to her brothers children, why not give her the blessing of life as well to her, to this she expressed her sadness to her sister.
The jealousy soon turned to anger when she learned that Wolkengot had tricked all the Creator gods and took portions of each of their creations for herself. Determined to set out and retrieve the portions that belonged to her brother. She convinced her sister to cast the night over the land and hide their actions from their brother Adolar, by empower the night sky to linger longer in the day. Under the cover of night, she traveled for fourteen days. On the fourteenth day, she found Wolkengot. Still filled with emotion she stared down at Wolkengot as the other goddess worked diligently. Shanwaser secretly watched Wolkengot take each of the portions she stole and molded them together. Laying before Wolkengot was the first two of her kind, and Wolkengot breathed life into them. In that instant, Wolkengot became a mother under the full view of Shanwaser. The joy of watching the birth filled Shanwaser, and all the anger and jealousy left her as she sighed in joy. Her breath rushed out of her pushing back the waters of the ocean and blowing away the cloud cover Wolkengot had been hiding under. Alarmed Wolkengot transformed her children to resemble humans until she saw it was Shanwasser, the Mother of Humans that found her. Staring up at Shanwaser in all her fullness, Wolkengot waved of her hand again, and the one of the humans became an elf of the forest and the other a dwarf of the mountains and together they ran off into the woods. Ready for battle Wolkengot turned to Shanwaser and pulled the clouds back for cover expecting an immediate attack.
Shanwaser. Wolkengot lulled into a false sense of security with the evening she had spent with Shanwaser was unprepared not under the cover of clouds was attacked by Nacthlied. A battle raged over the mountains and land beneath the gods, as Nacthlied and her steward the ancient obsidian dragon, Bardaakvold attempted to destroy Wolkengot and her creations. Bardakvold clawed and the land and spewed molten rock and fire scarring the land forever. Nacthlied assuming Shanwaser would join her in the destruction of the thieving goddess moved in to take all of Wolkengot's power and remove her from this world, Shanwaser intervened and stop Nacthlied. Feelings of betrayal swept over Nacthlied and she unleashed her powers on her sister in anger. The three goddesses battled until Nacthlied was grievously wounded, seeing her inevitable defeat Nacthlied summoned Bardakvold to her, snatched the remaining clay of creation, and with her sword cut in-between the planes and retreated from the battle.
Wolkengot her eyes filled with sorrow and embraced her. Their she made a promise that as long as she has powers and the moons hang in the sky Shanwaser would defend Wolkengot and her children. The next 12 dayscontemplatedTuathians teach that this relationship was told by the moon against the night sky. The moons told the story of Shanwaser’s journey to find Wolkengot through its moon cycles; from the new moon and waxing where Shanwaser started and began her journey, to the full moon of finding Wolkengot, Then to the waning of the moon as she traveled home.
It is also told of the night the tides began raising and falling under the moon and her cycles as Shanwaser breathed out in acceptance of the creations.
As bad omens, the Tuathians believed that the first Blood Moon was created by battle of the three goddesses.
Summary
The birth of the Changlings, and impending battle that ensued between Wolkengot, Shanwaser, and Nacthlied.
Spread
The myth has been told as lore starting with the Tuathians, and in some form of fashion in all three of the goddesses religion.
In Literature
Nacthlied's variation of the lore is included in the text, "The Wind that blows at Night".
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